About the book: 1972 / The novel "Underground Meridian" was already published previously under the title "The Conquered Ataman." For this edition, the author significantly revised it, supplemented it with new material and gave his work a new name. The novel by I. Drozdov is the result of a painstaking study of the life of miners in the Urals and Donbass, where the author often visited while working as a correspondent for the Izvestia newspaper. It tells about the heroic work of miners, about the intense struggle for technical progress in mining that has unfolded in our days, and conveys the idea of ​​​​the eternal dream of the bread miners of the industry - about deserted coal mining. The heroes of the work operate not only in mines and research institutes - they actively participate in many social processes that mark our time. In the novel, a large place is devoted to the spiritual life of workers, scientists, and cultural figures. M. "Moscow Worker". 1972.